Table 4 Odds of being in the upper tertile for playing in own street/court/footpath

Individual Factors

Parent is married or in a de-facto relationship

(referent = single parent)

1.15 (0.46, 2.68)

-

1.23 (0.49, 3.05)

-

Parents' education level

   <12 yrs school (referent)

1.0

1.0

   12 yrs/trade

0.89 (0.38, 2.10)

-

0.82 (0.35, 1.95)

-

   University

0.83 (0.38, 1.84)

-

0.73 (0.33, 1.62)

-

Parent does not work full-time

(referent = parent works full time)

1.28 (0.59, 2.78)

-

0.90 (0.42, 1.93)

-

Number of siblings (range:0-6)

1.05 (0.77, 1.42)

-

0.99 (0.73, 1.35)

-

Child prefers to do things that do not involve physical activity (range 0-3)

0.79 (0.55, 1.14)

-

0.62 (0.42, 0.93)

-

Social Environmental Factors

Parents have time to transport their child to activities

(referent = parents do not have time)

0.90 (0.40, 2.03)

-

0.58 (0.26, 1.30)

-

Parents believe there is a high crime rate in their neighbourhood

(referent = disagree)

1.41 (0.55, 3.67)

-

1.56 (0.60, 4.05)

-

Parents believe it is safe for their child to play in the street outside their house

(referent = disagree)

10.4 (5.06, 21.39)***

6.46 (2.84, 14.71)***

10.07 (4.86, 20.87)***

6.01 (2.68, 13.47)***

Stranger danger is a concern

(referent = disagree)

1.32 (0.59, 2.94)

-

1.54 (0.72, 3.53)

-

Child has many friends in their neighbourhood

(referent = disagree)

2.94 (1.57, 5.52)***

2.02 (0.93, 4.40)

3.42(1.79, 6.53)***

2.63 (1.21, 5.76)**

Lots of children play or hang out in their street

(referent = disagree)

7.78 (3.64, 16.62)***

Omitted due to collinearity

6.67 (3.20, 13.90)***

Omitted due to collinearity

Child's family goes to the park together at least once/week

(referent = disagree)

1.39 (0.76, 2.50)

-

1.27 (0.69, 2.35)

-

Physical Environmental Factors

Child's home has no yard or very small yard

(referent = home has medium or large sized yard)

0.83 (3.1, 2.19)

-

0.67 (0.25, 1.84)

-

Child lives in main arterial or busy through road

(referent = does not live in main arterial road)

0.38 (0.19, 0.77)**

0.84 (0.32, 2.21)

0.19 (0.08, 0.44)***

0.42 (0.16, 1.12)

Child lives in cul-de-sac

(referent = does not live in cul-de-sac)

6.33 (3.10, 12.94)***

3.99 (1.65, 9.66)**

7.72 (3.54, 14.93)***

3.49 (1.49, 8.16)**

Parents are satisfied with the quality of parks/playgrounds in their neighbourhood (range 0-2)

1.01 (0.72, 1.43)

-

1.10 (0.77, 1.56)

-